People are struggling to remember what anyone’s called in Love Actually and they’ve got a point, actually

John Plunkett. Updated December 23rd, 2020

Put to one side – like Brussels sprouts – the debate whether Love Actually is any good or not and consider, for a moment, whether you can actually remember what any of the characters are called.

Any of them, actually.

We only mention this after Serena Smith – @serenathesmith – mentioned this phenomenon on Twitter and it went viral, wildly viral.

love actually is my favourite xmas film but ive just realised i cannot name a single character. like what is Keira Knightley called? Alan Rickman? Emma Thompson? do they even have names

— Serena Smith (@serenathesmith) December 22, 2020

And here are some of our favourite things people said in response.

You’ve started something here, I cannot think of anyone’s names either 😂🤯

— Emma Kershaw (@emmagkershaw) December 22, 2020

literally my head is so empty. what's Martin freeman called??? Keira Knightley's stalker??? her husband?? head is empty

— Serena Smith (@serenathesmith) December 22, 2020

this is so accurate

— NOW TV (@NOWTV) December 22, 2020

apart from Joanna obvs

— Serena Smith (@serenathesmith) December 22, 2020

I remember reading Colin Firth's character had been named after the directors brother Jamie, so that he could fit children shouting "I hate uncle Jamie" into a scene 😭

— Armarni (@ArmarniPR) December 22, 2020

Mia: one of the worlds biggest movie villains!!! pic.twitter.com/wtJNaOoByh

— Jason Tinney (@tintin_tinney) December 22, 2020

This is hilarious 😂 i think emma thompson & alan rickman's son is called bernard?!

— Izzie Price 🌻 (@izzie_price) December 22, 2020

Only Colin Frissell pic.twitter.com/Ens3P5nieN

— Trenchcoat (@AdamHumphries96) December 22, 2020

Colin, God of sex, he’s just on the wrong continent

— Ronald Finstern (@RonaldFinstern) December 22, 2020

8 is a lot of legs David… Hugh Grant is David!

— Alina (@miss_h888) December 22, 2020

Natalie! The one who is apparently “fat” and ironically has her name forgotten in the movie by PM Hugh Grant!

— Richard Hansen (@richardhansen86) December 22, 2020

ughhh you only need one name: Billy Mack! 🙂 pic.twitter.com/FMYfK4rBt2

— Howard Elton (@howard_elton) December 23, 2020

Don’t do Billy Mack dirty like this. The greatest character in the whole terrible film!

— 🎅 Little Saint Nick Reilly 🎅 (@NickJWReilly) December 22, 2020

And just in case you were wondering.

Jamie – Colin Firth
David – Hugh Grant
Natalie – Martine McCutcheon
Karen – Emma Thompson
Harry – Alan Rickman
Juliet – Kiera Knightley
Daniel – Liam Neeson
Sarah – Laura Linney
That’s the best of my knowledge! X

— Emily Rose Chriscoli (@EmilyRChriscoli) December 22, 2020